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Elementary School Faculty
Rebecca
Auritt
Associate Teacher, 1st
grade
B.A.,
Dartmouth College
Rebecca Auritt joins
our staff this year having
just graduated from Dartmouth College with a sociology major and
education
concentration. Ms. Auritt has worked
with children in New Hampshire and in Pennsylvania.
Christa
Ayer
Art Teacher
B.S.,
Plymouth State College
Ms. Ayer joined the EWBCS staff last year as art teacher for all of our
kindergarten through 8th grade students. Ms.
Ayer has taught art to students in
elementary and middle schools in Maine
and in Chelsea, Mass.
Brian
Carey
Music
Teacher
B.A.,
Florida State University
M.M., Florida State
University
Mr. Carey
joins the EWBCS staff this year to
develop
the school's music program. Mr. Carey has
extensive experience in world music and has been teaching music to the
students
in the Bay Area in California
for several years.
Elizabeth Daniels
Teacher, 3rd Grade
B.A.,
Brown University
Ms. Daniels
is joining the Brooke staff last year as a second grade teacher. Ms.
Daniels moved to Boston
from Atlanta,
where she taught
3rd and 5th grade. Ms.
Daniels is a 2005 Teach For America corps member.
Emily Dvorin
Math Specialist
B.S., Boston University
Mrs. Dvorin joined the Brooke family in 2005 as a fifth grade math
teacher. As the elementary math specialist, she works with
elementary school students and
teachers and writes all of our original math curriculum. Mrs.
Dvorin taught
fourth grade for four years at Canaan Elementary School in New
Hampshire, and before that, she taught third grade at the Kelly School
in Chelsea, MA.
Alex
Forrest
Teacher, 3rd Grade
B.A., University of Michigan
Alex Forrest joined our staff last year
as a second
grade associate teacher, having recently graduated from the University
of
Michigan in Ann Arbor. This year, Mr.
Forrest will serve as a third grade classroom teacher.
Sabrina Forte
Associate Teacher, 3rd Grade
B.A.,
Harvard University
Sabrina
Forte is a recent graduate of Harvard
College, where she concentrated in History and Literature.
During college, Ms. Forte directed the Refuge
Youth Summer Enrichment program and served as a leader in Harvard Model
Congress.
Jennifer
Gondek
Teacher, Student Support
B.S.,
State University of New York at Geneseo
M.S.,
State University
of New York at Cortland
Jenn Gondek joined the Brooke family last
year as a
first grade teacher, and this year, she will be serving as our
elementary student
support teacher. Before joining us, she
taught 2nd and 3rd grade in Canaan, New Hampshire
and
special education in New York.
Kyle Kennedy
Teacher,
2nd Grade
B.A., Georgetown
University
M.S.,
Pace University
Kyle Kennedy
is moving back to her hometown of Boston this year to join the
Brooke community. Ms. Kennedy has been
teaching first grade in the Bronx for the last two years in a New York
City
Public School. Ms. Kennedy is a 2006
Teach For America corps member.
Katherine
Lee
Teacher, Kindergarten
B.A.,
Amherst College
M.Ed.,
Pace University
M.Ed.,
Harvard Graduate School of Education
Katie Lee is joining
the Brooke community this year
after graduating from the Risk and Prevention Program at the Harvard
Graduate
School of Education. Ms. Lee taught
first grade for two years in New York City. Ms.
Lee is a 2005 Teach For America corps member.
Elza
Mathieu
Associate Teacher, Kindergarten
B.A.,
Simmons College
Elza Mathieu is joining
the Brooke team this year
after spending several years working with the Cambridge Camping
Association. Ms. Mathieu also worked
with children with special needs at the New England Center for Children. Ms. Mathieu is a native of the Boston area
and is excited to work with our youngest students this year.
Alice
Hopkins Meyer
Teacher, 1st Grade
B.S.,
University of North Carolina
Alice
Hopkins Meyer joined our staff last year as a
kindergarten teacher, and this year she will be moving up with her
students to
first grade. Ms. Meyer has previously
taught first grade in the New Orleans area and served as a program
director for
Teach For America. Ms. Meyer served as a
2004 Teach For America corps member.
Karimah Moreland
Dance Teacher
B.A., Purchase College, SUNY
M.A., Emerson College
Karimah Moreland is returning for her fifth year as the dance teacher
at Brooke. Previously, she taught at the Shaw Elementary School in
Dorchster. Originally from the Bronx, Ms. Moreland is also a
professional actress in Boston.
Katie Ouellette
Teacher, 1st Grade
B.S., Northeastern University
Mrs. Ouellette, formerly Katie Duck, returns for her second year as
first grade teacher at EWBCS . Previously, Ms. Duck taught first
grade for five years at the Mystic Valley
Regional Charter School
and served as the first grade lead for two of those years. During her
last year at Mystic Valley, she served as the Professional
Development Coordinator for
kindergarten through third grade.
Caitlin Porter
Teacher, 3rd Grade
B.A.,
College of William and Mary
M.S., Pace
University
Caitlin
Porter joined the Brooke community last
year as a first grade teacher, and this year she is teaching third
grade. Ms. Porter previously taught third
grade in
the Bronx in a New York City Public School (C.S. 44).
Ms. Porter is a 2005 Teach For America corps
member.
Asia Price
Teacher, 2nd Grade
B.S.,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
M.Ed.,
Harvard
Graduate School
of Education
Asia Price
joined the Brooke family last year as a
second grade associate teacher, and this year she is serving as a
second grade
classroom teacher. Before joining
Brooke, Ms. Price attended Harvard’s education school, where she
obtained a
degree in policy and management. Ms.
Price has worked extensively with children through the Science Club for
Girls
and through multiple public service experiences.
Erica Ramberg
Teacher,
Kindergarten
B.A.,
Wesleyan University
Erica Ramberg moved from Texas to join
the Brooke family last year as
our kindergarten associate teacher. This
year, she is serving as a kindergarten classroom teacher.
Ms. Ramberg previously worked with KIPP Shine
in Houston and for New Visions for
Public
Schools in New York.
Emily
Sayer
Associate
Teacher, Second
Grade
B.A., University of Chicago
M.A.T., University of Chicago
Emily Sayer joins the
Brooke family this year after
graduating from the University
of Chicago, where
she
received both her bachelor’s degree in Biology and her master’s degree
from the
Urban Teacher Education Program. Ms.
Sayer has worked with all grade levels from first to fifth grade.
Colin
Scott
Teacher, 2nd Grade
B.A., University of Massachusetts, Boston
M.Ed., Lesley University
Colin Scott joined
the Brooke staff in 2006 as a
first grade associate teacher, and he is now serving as a second grade
teacher. Mr. Scott joined us after
working in a variety of schools in the Boston
area.
Amy Slabich
Kindergarten Teacher
B.A,
Union
College
M.A., Loyola Marymount
University
Ms. Slabich joined our elementary staff
last year
after having taught in Los
Angeles, California
for the past five
years. Previsouly, Ms. Slabich taught
ESL to high schoolers and also pre-school in the Dominican Republic. Ms. Slabich was a 2002 Teach For America
Corps Member.
Wendy
Soref
Teacher, Kindergarten
B.A., Cornell University
M.Ed., Harvard Graduate School
of Education
Wendy Soref is joining
the Brooke staff this year
after graduating from the Language and Literacy masters program at
Harvard. Ms. Soref taught for three
years in Arkansas,
teaching a year of second grade and two years of kindergarten. Ms. Soref is a 2004 Teach For America corps
member.
Kimberly
Steadman
Elementary School Principal
B.A., Harvard College
M.Ed., Harvard Graduate School of Education
J.D., Harvard Law School
Ms. Steadman returns to EWBCS as the Elementary School Principal.
She joined the Brooke staff in 2004, when she served as a lead teacher,
math teacher, and professional development coordinator. Prior to
joining EWBCS, she worked as a 5th grade teacher for the Chelsea Public
Schools and as a 4th grade teacher in Washington, DC. Ms. Steadman was
a 1997 Teach for America corps member.
Amy Sutter
Teacher,
1st Grade
B.A., Bucknell University
Amy Sutter is joining
the Brooke family this year
after moving here from Mississippi. Ms. Sutter has spent the last couple years
teaching kindergarten and third grade. Ms.
Sutter is also an accomplished flutist. She
was a 2006 Teach For America corps member.
Meghan Thornton
Teacher, 1st Grade
B.A., Bates College
M.Ed., Lesley University
Meghan Thornton
finished her masters in Early
Childhood Education in June of 2006 and joined our kindergarten team as
an
associate teacher that year. This year,
she will be moving from kindergarten to first grade.
Ms. Thornton has worked in classrooms in Manchester, MA,
Lewiston, Maine, and New York City.
Abigail Waldman
Teacher,
2nd Grade
B.A., Brandeis University
M.Ed., University of Nevada,
Las Vegas
Abby Waldman is moving
to Boston
to join the Brooke family this
year. Ms. Waldman has been teaching
third grade for two years in Las
Vegas,
and she also served as the grade level chair. Ms.
Waldman is a 2006 Teach For America corps member.
Jeffrey Venter
Teacher, Health and Physical Education
B.S., Northeastern University
Jeff Venter is returning for his fourth year at EWBCS as the physical
education teacher. Previously, he worked at the Donald McKay School in
Boston. He currently serves as the head football coach for the John D.
O'Bryant School.
School Administration
Lori Adamczyk
Director
of Operations
B.A.,
Bucknell University
Ed.M.,
Harvard Graduate School of Education
Ms. Adamczyk
returns to EWBCS this year as our
Director of Operations. Ms. Adamczyk
began her teaching career in North Carolina, where she taught high
school
math. She joined the Brooke community in
2004 and taught fifth and then eight grade for three years. Last year, Ms. Adamczyk received her Masters
in Education Policy and Management.
Francis Cash
Director of Finance and Technology
B.A., Fordham University
Francis Cash is the Founding Director of Operations at EWBCS. Prior to
coming to EWBCS, he worked as a financial advisor with American
Express. His professional experience also includes a stint as
owner/operator of a bookstore in New York City, and two years as an art
teacher.
Jon Clark
Executive Director
B.A., Oberlin College
Jon Clark is a founder and the first principal at EWBCS. He assumed the
role of Executive Director, overseeing operations of both the middle
and elementary schools during the 2005-2006 school year. Prior to
coming to EWBCS, he was a founding teacher at South Boston Harbor
Academy where he also served as math department chair for four years.
Mr. Clark also taught junior high school math for two years in Belle
Chasse, Louisiana and worked as a researcher for a professor of
International Economics at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Rene
DeStefano
Program
Manager
B.A.,
Boston College
Ms. DeStefano is
joining the EWBCS staff this year as Program Manager. Previously,
Ms. DeStefano worked at The Food and Drug Law Institute in Washington,
D.C. as a program
and conference coordinator. Additionally, Rene has experience as
a swim
instructor, camp counselor, and Big Sister mentor in the Boston
area.
Eun Lee Koh
Director of Development
B.A., Dartmouth College
Ed.M., Harvard Graduate School of Education
Eun Lee Koh is returning to EWBCS for her fourth year as development
director. Previously, she was a reporter for The Boston Globe and The
New York Times. She has also worked with Boston middle school students
as a literacy tutor for Tenacity, an after-school tennis and literacy
program.
Sandra Marques
Office Manager
Rindge and Latin School
Ms. Marques returns for her fifth year as office manager. Prior
to coming to EWBCS, she worked as a sales and service representative
for Fleet Bank and as a manager at J. Silver Clothing.
Charles Peters
Facility Manager
Tewksbury High School
Mr. Peters joined the EWBCS staff in 2005 as the building manager,
supporting the building's expansion into a full middle school and the
addition of an elementary school. Prior to coming
to EWBCS, Mr. Peters worked at Mount Saint Joseph Academy in Brighton
as its building manager and for the Wingate nursing homes.
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